Lazi Church

Lazi Church, officially the San Isidro Labrador Parish Church, sits across from its old convent on the Circumferential Road in Lazi. Construction began in 1857 and finished in 1884, with the bell tower added in 1885; the walls are built from coral stone quarried locally, in a Neoclassical style with a plain façade, fluted pilasters and twin octagonal belfries topped by red onion domes.

The convent across the road, built between 1887 and 1891, is one of the largest built in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period — roughly 42 by 38 metres, with a stone ground floor and a hardwood upper level. It no longer houses friars: today it holds the Siquijor Heritage Museum, with religious artifacts and relics from the parish.

The complex was declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in 2001, and has been on UNESCO's Tentative List since 2006 as part of an extension to the "Baroque Churches of the Philippines" World Heritage listing (alongside churches in Boljoon, Guiuan, Loboc and Tumauini). It remains an active parish church. Mass times and visiting hours for the museum aren't consistently published — check locally or ask at the parish office before planning a visit around them.